Oil-can.



W. 'I'. LOVE.

OIL GAN.

APLIGATION FILED Nov.15, 1913.

1,118,453. l Patented 0013.131914.

TH NORRIS PErERs CO4. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

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Application filed November 15, 1913. Serial No. 801,230.

of illinois, have invented certain new and*l useful Improvementsin-Oil-Cans, ofwhich the following isa specification.

My invention relates to cans, and more particularly to that class ofsuch containers adapted to be provided with means adapted to facilitatethe filling of other vessels therefrom.

The object of this invention isto provide an oil container' of thecharacter described which shall have vembodied thereinV means forefiectually preventing the overfiow of a vessel which is being filled bythe oil poured from the container. l A further object of this inventionis to provide ank oil can embodying an improved construction by means ofwhich the above result is secured. With these and other objects in viewmy invention consists in the peculiar combina; tion and rarrangement ofthel various 'parts of a safety oil container as herein described, andmore particularly set forthinthe appended claims.

Referring to the drawings wherein similar refe-rence. numerals indicatesimilar partswherever used, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device;Fig. 2 a vertical section through the same; Fig. 3 a transverse sectiontaken on line 3, 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a detail section showing theoperation of the device. y

The numeral 5 designates a cam preferably cylindrical, provided with theusual bail 6, pouring spout 7 and handle 8 for aid in tipping thedevice. In the top of the can is formed the usual filling opening 9Aprovided with a knurled screw cap 10. Leading from the filling opening9 and extending downwardly into the body of the can is a short pipe 11,provided with an elbow 12 which has attached thereto a longer pipe 13extending at right angles to the pipe 11, the pipe 13 extends outwardlyinto a chamber 14 formed in thebody of the can and covered by cap 15.The pipe 13 is Open at its end 16, which extends within the chamber 14,so that when the can is being filled the oil or other liquid beingplaced therein will run through the pipes 11,212, 13 and out through theopening 16 into *the chamber 14, andI thence intothefbody'of the can.

The spout 7 is provided in` its interior withV a-smallair tube 17 whichextends outwardly to themouth 18 of the spout' and d downwardly to anelbow 19 within the can body, where :it-isprovided with anyextenspecification of Letteis'rateiit.' Patented p i ysion20 extendingacross the interior of the 4 can body and open at its end 21. This tubeserves the purpose of cutting on the flow of oil from the can intoanother vessel being filled from the can when the level of the oil inthe vessel being filled reaches the spout,

thus cutting Off the flow of air through the tube at the point 18.Heretofore devices of f this character have been more or less faulty,

lin that should the cap 9 become in any way punctured or the threadsthereof become jammed so that' air would leak around the` cap 9thusgiving access to the interior of the can the flow of' oil would not bestopped, and thus the vessel being filled wouldl consequentlyoverflow.:y

` yWith the present device when the can is` tipped sufficiently to pouroil out of the spout 7, 'as shown in Fig. 4, the oil fills the chamber14, thus eii'ectually sealing the open end 16 of the tube 13, so thatshould there be any leak around the cap 9 of the tube 10 there would notbe any air admitted to the interior of the can, as the oil or liquidcontained within the chamber 14 would prevent the same from entering theinterior of the can. By this it will beseen that the can would beeffectually sealed and that the instant the level of the Oil covered thetip 18 of the pipe 17 all further pouring ofoil from the can would atonce be stopped, and the danger of overflow from the vessel being filledfrom the can would thus be prevented.

- Considerable variation of the detailsl of this invention may beresorted to without as permissif of anair tube in said pouring spoutextending into Said receptaclm a pipe `connecting with said lillingaperture and eitending into y said receptacle and opening into u chamberl formed in the wall thereof on the pouring 'i side of the can, wherebywhen the receptacle is tilted to pour therefrom the liquid will lledwill close the pouring vspout and pre- Vent any further i'low of liquidtherefrom.

2. The combination with a receptacle having :L filling Vaperture and apouring spout, seid receptacle being provided with a chamloer formed inthe wall thereof on the pouring-side of the can, of an air tube in `said.pouring spout extending into the receptacle, a pipe connected with saidfilling aperture and extending downwardly and forwardly into saidreceptacle and opening into the chamber formed in the wall thereof,wherehy when the receptacle is tilted to pour iill said chamber andclose said filling pipe, t and the level/of liquid in the Vessel being'therefrom the liquid will fill said chamber to close said filling pipeto exclude all air entering therefrom.

In testimony whereof'I alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. LOVE. Witnesses:

WV. BEARDSLEY, GEORGE G. COPPEL.

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